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Diabetes UK Healthy Lifestyle Roadshow

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The Diabetes UK Healthy Lifestyle Roadshow visits the most deprived areas in the UK, providing important information about how leading a healthier lifestyle can help reduce your risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.

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Diabetes UK Healthy Lifestyle Roadshow

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It is estimated 850,000 people in the UK have Type 2 diabetes but do not know it.

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If left untreated, diabetes can lead to devastating

complications such as stroke, heart disease, kidney failure, amputation and blindness.

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Could your community or workforce be at risk?

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Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness in

people of working age.

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Diabetes costs the NHS £1million an hour.

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By the time they are diagnosed, half of people with Type 2 diabetes are already

showing signs of complications.

That’s why awareness and prevention are so important.

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A Diabetes UK Healthy Lifestyle

Roadshow:

• Educates people about their personal risk of having or developing Type 2 diabetes

• Empowers people to make lifestyle changes to reduce their risk.

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To help your community or workforce reduce their risk, visit one of our

roadshows and see how we can work together.